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TATTERSALLS RELEASES CRAVEN CATALOGUE IT=S FRANKEL FOR SKITTER A Shalaa (Ire) colt out of GI Beverly D. S. winner Royal Highness SCATTER=S FIRST MATING (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) (lot 116) and a Dubawi (Ire) filly out of G2 Park S. victress Meeznah (Dynaformer) (lot 83) are among the expected highlights of the 145 juveniles in the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, for which the catalogue was released on Monday. The sale takes place Apr. 14 and 15, with the breeze on Apr. 13 on the Rowley Mile. The Shalaa colt, a i25,000 Arqana October yearling, is consigned by Kilminfoyle House Stud and is a half-brother to triple French group winner Free Port Lux (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and from the immediate family of dual Group 1 winner Wild Illusion (GB). The Dubawi filly out of Meeznah was a 180,000gns buy back at the Tattersalls October yearling sale and is consigned here by Egmont Stud. There are 18 2-year-olds catalogued out of group or listed- winning mares, and 28 siblings to black-type winners. The five catalogued by Kingman (GB) include half-brothers to Group 1 winners Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 62) and Poet=s Word (GB) (Poet=s Voice {GB}) (lot 142) Cont. p4 Anthony Rogers greets Skitter Scatter and Ronan Whelan after they won the G2 Debutante S. | racingfotos.com

By Amy Lynam Success can be measured in numerous ways, though longevity must be considered a great yardstick no matter the field in which someone excels. Airlie Stud has been a leader of the bloodstock industry since it was established in the 1960s by the late Captain Tim Rogers, under whose management it became a stallion farm of great proportions. His wife Sonia took the reins upon his passing in 1984 and after deciding to focus completely on a quality broodmare band, has developed the next phase of the Airlie legacy alongside her son Anthony. One of the most recent chapters in Airlie's success story is Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy), the champion 2-year-old filly of Craven graduate Donjuan Triumphant | racingfotos.com 2018 on the merit of a victory in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. Trained by Patrick Prendergast for Anthony and Sonia, she was bred by the Rogers= in conjunction with longstanding partners IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Three Chimneys Farm. Skitter Scatter this year joins the Co. Kildare nursery=s enviable broodmare band. GET STORMY CONTINUES TO REWARD BUSH, SULLIVAN "The dream is to own and breed a Group 1 winner and Skitter Jessica Martini speaks with trainer Tom Bush about the success he and owner/breeder Mary Sullivan have tasted with Scatter provided that for the farm in 2018,@ Anthony Rogers Crestwood Farm's Get Stormy and his progeny. Click or tap here said. AShe will visit Frankel in 2020." Cont. p2 to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

Airlie Stud Matings cont. from p1 "It was great for the first foal of a mare to get black-type, Skitter Scatter is out of a half-sister to Intense Focus, who was however Nurse Barbara was only beaten by a pixel in the bred by the same partnership, and the family's story is far from Ballylinch Ingabelle S.,@ Rogers said. AI am sure Ger Lyons and over. the owners will have fun with her in 2020." "Her brother Moore Street Wise is with Paddy Twomey,@ Airlie plans to support Invincible Spirit=s first-season sire son Rogers said. ABoth the trainer and Billy Lee are pleased with him Magna Grecia (Ire) with Stupendous Miss (Dynaformer), already and all being well he should be out early." responsible for three stakes horses and currently due to Expert Moore Street Wise's homework has earned him a Guineas Eye (GB). It is a family the Rogers= have been involved with for entry, while Skitter Scatter's exploits earned her dam, Dane some time. Street (Street Cry {Ire}), a visit to Dubawi (Ire). That mating "It was a family that we owned with Robert Clay in the 80s and produced a colt on Feb. 17 and is to be followed with a trip to 90s with Stormette (Assert {Ire}),@ Rogers said. AWe bought back Kingman (GB) at Juddmonte Farms. into it a few years ago, buying Stupendous Miss at Keeneland. Another homebred joining Skitter Scatter in Airlie's paddocks is Her 4-year-old Moll Davis (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) is with George Magnolia Springs (Ire) (Shamardal), a stakes winner who is set Scott. We got a bit of black-type with her last year and will be to visit Sea The Stars (Ire) in trying to get some more in 2020. 2020." "A listed winner by Blue Point (Ire) is another Shamardal from an excellent new sire to whom Airlie are Ballymacoll family is exciting," sending a mare, specifically Rogers said. "We also have her Kate The Great (GB) (Xaar 3-year-old sister called {GB}). Vivandiere (Ire) (War "Kate The Great was bought Command) in training with as a foal and comes from the Sheila Lavery." family of Deep Impact (Jpn) a Rainbow City (Ire), the dam couple of generations back," of Magnolia Springs, reads as Rogers explained. "She won a an absolute bargain buy at little race at two but her 60,000gns, the daughter of progeny have done very well Magnolia Springs joins the Airlie broodmare band | Racing Post top broodmare sire Rainbow on the track with three rated Quest being a full-sister to G2 Geoffrey Freer S. winner over 100 and her first foal Eastern Impact (Ire) (Bahamian Multicoloured (Ire) and a half to the top-class Gamut (Ire) Bounty {GB}) rated 116." Due to foal to Sea The Stars (Ire), Kate (Spectrum {Ire}). The Great has a yearling colt by Invincible Spirit. On the subject of shrewd investments, Rogers nominated Fair Sailing (Ire) is a daughter of top-class miler Docksider, another broodmare. "Marsh Daisy (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) was a whom Airlie bred and themselves stood in his early stallion great buy by my mother and uncle for ,80,000 in 2012,@ he said. career. Fair Sailing has produced two group performers, is AShe was a listed winner by Pivotal from an excellent Meon currently in foal to Tamayuz (GB) and will visit Valley family." Starspangledbanner (Aus) in 2020. The aforementioned price was paid as a yearling and her two Starspangledbanner commands i22,500 at Coolmore's black-type successes came over 10 furlongs in the colours of Sir Castlehyde Stud, as does Zoffany (Ire), who sired his second Thomas Pilkington. She has gone on to produce yearlings worth Group 1 winner last season in the shape of Albigna (Ire). Airlie 435,000gns and 260,000gns, the former paid for Light Blush (Ire) has enjoyed success in the past with Zoffany and will send him (Kodiac {GB}), who finished a close second in the Listed Star S. Marie Celeste (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) this season. last summer and was beaten three-quarters of a length when "Marie Celeste is producing some nice-looking stock,@ Rogers third in last Thursday=s Listed Meydan Classic. With an said. AHer Zoffany yearling was one of our nicest yearlings last Acclamation (GB) 2-year-old and Australia (GB) yearling, both year, bought by Rabbah for ,85,000. fillies, Marsh Daisy visits Invincible Spirit (Ire) this season. "Sadly Marie Celeste's dam Kincob (Kingmambo) died having The Irish National Stud stalwart will also be visited by Finagle Ursa Minor (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who looks a promising (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}), whose first foal Nurse Barbara (Ire) (Kodiac 3-year-old in training with John Gosden and has a Derby entry. {GB}) took second in a listed contest last year. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

Airlie Stud Matings cont. The stud also has a sister to Marie Celeste called Dupioni (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) in training with Paddy Gallagher in California." Airlie are repeating a tried and tested formula with another Castlehyde resident, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire), whose Airlie-bred daughter Valeria Messalina (Ire) won on debut in September before finishing a close second in the G3 Oh So Sharp Senior Vice President Gary King S. at Newbury. Twitter: @garykingTDN "Valeria Messalina came back to Airlie for a little break and [email protected] returned to [trainer Jessica] Harrington at the beginning of the + 1.732.320.0975 year,@ Rogers said. AShe reports that she is very happy and is enjoying her work." International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected]

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Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Sonia and Anthony Rogers with Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner after [email protected] Skitter Scatter won the G1 Moyglare Stud S. | Racing Post

Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Her dam Arty Crafty (Arch) previously produced Group 3 Twitter: @EquinealTDN scorer Pincheck (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and is currently in Cafe Racing foal to Kodiac (GB) and will visit Holy Roman Emperor again this Sean Cronin season. The family's exploits are not limited to one mare, Tom Frary though. [email protected] "We bought back Valeria Messalina's sister Enraptured (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) a couple of years ago and her first foal by Irish Correspondent Siyouni recently won in France." Daithi Harvey Airlie's exploits have often taken it far and wide, and at one time the Rogers= owned farms in the U.S. and New Zealand as Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake well as Ireland. Though their international operation is now Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele limited to partnerships with the Clay family in the U.S., their graduates continue to fly the flag further afield. "Airlie has produced good winners in the U.S. and Japan already in 2020,@ Rogers said. AWe also were very close to IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY breeding a group race double on Derby day at Flemington last INGLIS PREMIER POWERS AHEAD year with Fifty Stars (Ire) and Downdraft (Ire)." A A$575,000 son of Pierro led the way at Inglis’s Premier yearling sale on Monday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

Airlie Stud Matings cont. Despite what may happen in the ring, the Airlie motto has Downdraft is himself an excellent example of his breeders= never changed. "Our main aim is to breed a racehorse," Rogers reach, with the Flemington Group 3 winner having earlier said. "The sales have become increasingly fickle. Yearlings, due achieved stakes success at the less exotic tracks of Down Royal to overproduction, have to jump through so many hoops and Roscommon. He is one of three black-type horses out of regarding conformation and vetting. Consequently, one needs to Cinnamon Rose (Trempolino), special to Rogers as the first have a Plan B before the horse goes through the ring." winner in his colours though better known to most as the This has stood to Airlie in the long run--Skitter Scatter missed granddam of dual Group 1 winner Kew Gardens (Ire) (Galileo her intended date at the yearling sales and rewarded Airlie on {Ire}). the track. Twenty years ago, the farm parted with 100,000gns The Rogers family has been known to source broodmares from for a filly foal by Darshaan (GB), only for her to go unsold the Australia, one example being Chiarezza (Aus) (Fantastic Light), following year at 120,000gns. She placed on all three of her while Group 1 Kournikova (SAf) (Sportsworld) travelled from juvenile starts in Sonia Rogers's silks and went on to win the G3 South Africa to produce three black-type winners at the Co. Park Hill S. by seven lengths at three. Named Discreet Brief (Ire), Kildare farm. she added to her value by producing a pair of top 2-year-olds for Airlie Stud. In horse racing, as with everything, the cream always rises to the top. WE ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CERTAIN FAMILIES. Tattersalls Releases Craven Catalogue cont. from p1 WE HAVE WAITED UP TO 20 YEARS TO Grove Stud offers a full-brother to G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Rosdhu Queen (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 49), while Brown OBTAIN MEMBERS OF SUCH FAMILIES. Island Stables presents a Showcasing (GB) half-sister to G1 Anthony Rogers Australian Cup winner Harlem (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) (lot 25). The American-bred juveniles include a half-brother to GI Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown (Boundary) by Temple City (lot 85). Other American sires represented include American Pharoah, Bernardini, Dialed In, Distorted Humor, the recently "We are constantly on the lookout for certain families and this deceased Empire Maker, Flintshire (GB), Kitten=s Joy, Noble often takes us far afield, sometimes with success, and other Mission (GB), Street Boss, Union Rags and War Front. times without,@ Rogers said. AWe have waited up to 20 years to Leading second- and third-crop sires Night Of Thunder (Ire), No obtain members of such families to add to our broodmare Nay Never and Kingman (GB) are all represented, as are leading book." general sires like Acclamation (GB), Dark Angel (Ire), Dubawi Many mare owners continue to cite plights of overproduction (Ire), Exceed and Excel (Aus), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Kodiac (GB), in the market and rising stallion fees. Rogers admitted times Lope De Vega (Ire), Oasis Dream (GB), Shamardal, Showcasing have changed when it comes to setting fees. (GB) and Siyouni (Fr). "Once upon a time the rule of thumb was that a breeder First-crop sires with progeny on offer include Awtaad (Ire), would expect a three-fold return on the covering fee,@ Rogers Belardo (Ire), Charming Thought (GB), Harzand (Ire), New Bay said. ANow the statistics seem to tell one that it is about one and (GB), Pride of Dubai (Aus), Shalaa (Ire), Territories (Ire), The a half times, if one is lucky." Gurkha (Ire), Twilight Son (GB) and Vadamos (Fr). The talk of overproduction and rising stallion books, however, All 145 2-year-olds will once again be eligible for the ,15,000 is nothing new, Rogers said. "This topic has been kicked for as Craven Breeze Up Bonus, which was collected 10 times last year long as I can remember,@ he noted. AStallion masters ultimately and which will be tied to in excess of 300 races this season. The have the control, though they seek to lay the responsibility at Craven Breeze Up Sale has produced 52 black-type winners the feet of the mare owner. Most initiatives to explore and since 2015, including last year=s G1 British Champions Sprint agree some control on overproduction have run into the sand. winner Donjuan Triumphant (Ire) (Dream Ahead), who cost just There is, to my knowledge, only one stud which stands stallions 30,000gns. both in Ireland and the U.K. whose policy it is to limit the number of mares covered and this policy is strictly adhered to." TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

Tattersalls Releases Craven Catalogue cont. Bred by Clarents Racing and purchased by Edward St. George=s AOutstanding racecourse results maintain the Craven Breeze Lucayan Stud for 45,000gns as a yearling, Bahamian Bounty Up Sale=s global appeal and are a testament to the support of bested Zamindar in the 1996 G1 Prix Morny in his third start for the top British and Irish breeze-up consignors,@ said Tattersalls trainer David Loder. He was purchased privately by the Chairman Edmond Mahony. AGroup 1 British Champions Sprint Maktoum brothers thereafter and won the G1 Middle Park S. in winner Donjuan Triumphant crowned another year of success the colours of Sheikh Maktoum. Bahamian Bounty was for sale graduates who have flown the flag for the Craven transferred to Saeed bin Suroor for his 3-year-old campaign, but Breeze Up Sale in group races across Britain, Ireland, France, the went winless in two tries and was retired after finishing fourth in U.S., the Gulf Region and Australia. The Craven Breeze Up Bonus the G1 July Cup. was incredibly well received in its first year and reinforces the Bahamian Bounty has left behind 34 stakes winners, 15 of sale=s market-leading status, providing another compelling those group winners headed by G1 July Cup winner Pastoral reason to buy at the Craven Breeze Up Sale. Pursuits (GB) and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup victory Goodricke (GB). AThis year=s catalogue of 145 lots has quality and diversity in His Breton Rock (GB) won the G2 Lennox S. and abundance and as ever the sale looks certain to attract a strong Sendmylovetorose (GB) took the G2 Cherry Hinton S., while contingent of domestic and international buyers.@ Anjaal (GB) made a promising showing on the first-season sires= table last year, finishing sixth. He stands at Rathasker Stud for i5,000. BAHAMIAN BOUNTY DIES And Bahamian Bounty=s legacy could yet live on as a broodmare sire; his daughter Fig Roll (GB) produced last year=s G3 Prix d=Arenberg winner Al Raya (GB).

RACING LEAGUE TO OFFER ,1.8-MILLION Racing League, a team series spanning 36 races across six evening meetings in Britain this summer, will see ,1.8-million paid out in prizemoney with a bonus for the winning team under a point-based system. Racing League is an initiative of Championship Horse Racing, which states its goal is to distance horse racing from Athe public perception that it=s a complicated, elitist recreation inextricably linked to gambling.@ Racing League=s 12 teams will consist of two to four trainers working together, three jockeys, stable staff and Bahamian Bounty | racingfotos.com 30 horses. The horses will be declared three weeks prior to the start of Racing League, which kicks off on July 16. The meetings Dual Group 1-winning juvenile and accomplished sire will take place at Doncaster, Lingfield, Newcastle and Royal Bahamian Bounty (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}BClarentia {GB}, Windsor, and the 36 racesB0-90 handicaps between five by Ballad Rock {GB}) has died aged 26 at the National Stud, furlongs and a 1 1/2 milesBwill each be worth ,50,000. The where he stood his entire stud career from 1998 until he was meetings are BHA-sanctioned, but a release from Racing League pensioned in 2015. on Monday noted that special whip rules will be in effect: ABahamian Bounty has had a wonderful career both on the jockeys will be allowed to carry them, but use them for only racetrack and at stud, producing group winners year after year safety and correction purposes. and achieving fantastic results in the sale ring for breeders,@ said The meetings will feature Ateam activation zones@ where fans National Stud Director Tim Lane. AHis gentle nature has always can get unparalleled access to jockeys, trainers and team made him a firm favourite with staff and visitors alike, even ambassadors. Each of the contests will be broadcast live on Sky during his retirement. He has been an outstanding servant to us Sports. and we are extremely proud to have had the opportunity to Trainer Jamie Osborne was among those throwing his support stand him throughout his career. He will be sorely missed by all behind the concept, saying, ASpectator-wise, horse racing is a at the National Stud.@ sporting giant in the UK. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

Racing League cont. FIRST MARES IN FOAL TO EQTIDAAR AI personally think it deserves to be acknowledged on the G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Eqtidaar (Ire) has had his first same level as sports such as rugby, cricket and football. The way three mares scanned in foal. The son of Invincible Spirit stands to do that is to implement ways of opening it up to new and at Shadwell=s Nunnery Stud for ,6,500. untapped audiences, so I wholeheartedly support what AEqtidaar has taken to his new role exceptionally well and has everyone at the Racing League is aiming to achieve.@ been incredibly straightforward in the breeding shed,@ said Jockey Martin Dwyer added, AI think the Racing League is a Shadwell Stud Director Richard Lancaster. AAt this early stage, it really exciting addition to the British horse racing calendar and I appears he=s a very fertile horse and we look forward to a long believe the fans will welcome it. It=s a positive step for the racing and successful breeding season.@ industry to take, and the increase in prize money at handicap-level racing can only be good for the sport.@

FIRST MARES IN FOAL FOR WALDGEIST G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe winner Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) has had his first two mares covered both scanned in foal. Those mares are Group 3 producer Bayja (Ire) (Giant=s Causeway) and the maiden mare Barkaa (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 1, 2020 winner of the G3 Prix Vanteaux. EUROPEAN-BASED STALLIONS Waldgeist stands for i17,500 at Ballylinch Stud. AWaldgeist was an exceptional racehorse and he has the pedigree, looks and athleticism to go with it,@ said Ballylinch Manager John O=Connor. AWe have had a lot of success standing Lope de Vega in partnership with Gestut Ammerland and I am confident Waldgeist will continue that success. Waldgeist will also benefit from the powerful support of his co-breeder Newsells Park and the backing of shareholders from all over Europe which ensures that his first book will be strong on quality and quantity, giving him every chance to succeed at stud.@

Vitalogy (GB) become the 12th group/graded stakes winner for his sire, No Nay Never | Ryan Thompson photo

Sire (Sire=s Sire) #SWs #GSWs FRANKEL (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) 51 40 (Elizabeth Way {GB}BGIII The Very One S.; Hungry Heart {Aus}BG2 Sweet Embrace S.) HAVANA GOLD (IRE) (Teofilo {Ire}) 6 2 (Hariboux {GB}BPasadena S.) NO NAY NEVER (Scat Daddy) 22 12 (Vitalogy {GB}BGIII Palm Beach S.) Waldgeist | Scoop Dyga STANDING AT COOLMORE $ CLICK HERE FOR MORE NOMINATE A MARE $ EMAIL MARK BYRNE TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

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ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: HALF TO ALMANZOR DEBUTS AT CHANTILLY Elusive Foot (Ire), c, 3, Footstepsinthesand (GB)--Elusive Pearl (Fr) (SP-Fr), by Elusive City. Marseille-Pont-de-Vivaux, 3-2, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:31.28. B-Jean-Claude Seroul (IRE). 2.25 Chantilly, Debutantes, i25,000, 3yo, c/g, 9 1/2f (AWT) ANOTHER SKY (FR) (Le Havre {Ire}) is an intriguing newcomer on the card which sees the Dubai World Cup trials as a half-brother to the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 English and Irish Champion S. hero Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). George Strawbridge owns the homebred with Freddy Head charged with his care as he encounters the Wertheimers= Galawi (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a son of Head=s G1 Prix Vermeille winner Galikova (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}) who represents the Carlos IN JAPAN: Laffon-Parias stable. Trincadeira (Ire), f, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Palanca (GB) (GSW- Ity), by Inchinor (GB). Hanshin, 3-1, Newcomers= (,70k/i80k), 3.35 Chantilly, Debutantes, i25,000, 3yo, f, 9 1/2f (AWT) 2000mT, 2:05.01. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $55,556. PETITE FOLIE (GB) (Australia {GB}) is another fascinating O-Godolphin; B-Diomed Bloodstock Ltd; T-Ippo Sameshima. debutante on the fixture, being Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd=s *1ST TIME STARTER. **1/2 to Kitty Hawk (GB) (Danehill half-sister to this year=s G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches hero Dancer {Ire}), GSP-US; and Pamona (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) who starts out for the same {Ire}), SW & GSP-Eng, SP-Fr, $105,087. ***i240,000 Ylg >18 Andre Fabre yard. Among her rivals is the Wertheimers= Papua GOFORB. (Fr) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), a Carlos Laffon-Parias-trained half- sister to the stable=s G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Indonesienne (Ire) (Muhtathir {GB}).

SOFT FALLING RAIN COLTS TOP CAPE SALE Monday=s Result: A pair of colts by the late Soft Falling Rain (SAf) topped 6th-Wolverhampton, ,5,300, Novice, 3-2, 3yo/up, f, 6f 20y Bloodstock South Africa=s Cape Yearling Sale at the Mistico (AWT), 1:14.62, st. Equestrian Centre on Friday. Both bought by Pound Bloodstock, LITTLE RED SOCKS (IRE) (f, 3, Acclamation {GB}--Wild Academy they fetched R360,000 (,17,979/i20,633) and R300,000 {Ire}, by Royal Academy), a 13-2 shot on this debut, broke well (,14,987/i17,194). The local Group 1 winner and group winner to stalk the early leader. Seizing the advantage with a furlong in Dubai and England also topped this sale with his progeny in remaining, the bay asserted to register a 1 1/4-length success 2018 and 2019. from Lovers Cry (GB) (Cityscape {GB}). The dam, who also has a The aggregate for 118 yearlings sold was R7,905,000 yearling filly by Slade Power (Ire), is a full-sister to the Hong (,394,355/i452,440), and while that figure was down 22.2% Kong celebrity Bullish Luck and a half to the dam of the triple with a slightly smaller offering than last year, the average rose Grade II winner Slim Shadey (GB) (Val Royal {Fr}). This is also the 3.1% to R66,992 (,3,342/i3,834). The median was down 20% family of the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac scorer Juvenia to R40,000 (,1,995/i2,289). (Trempolino). Sales history: i40,000 Wlg >17 GOFNOV; ,24,000 RNA Ylg >18 GOUKPR; i50,000 2yo >19 ARQMA. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,385. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Phoenix Ladies Syndicate; B-Max Morris (IRE); T-Karl Burke.

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INGLIS PREMIER Blue Gum goes back-to-back Blue Gum concluded a terrific two days at the Inglis Melbourne POWERS AHEAD Premier Sale by selling the top two lots on Monday, Lot 349, a Pierro colt for $575,000 and Lot 313, a Written Tycoon colt for $400,000. Those results left the Euroa-based farm with three of the top six lots of the sale, including the overall sales-topper, Lot 227, a Snitzel colt which sold to Aquis for $725,000 on Sunday, and with a massive dominance of the vendors' table for the second straight year, selling 23 lots from an impressive aggregate of $4.505 million, its second best on record. "We had a beautiful bunch of horses and they sold terrifically well and they have all found good homes," Blue Gum Farm Principal Philip Campbell said. "We just couldn't be happier with today and yesterday's results it=s been a great sale." "There is absolutely no doubt that if you bring a product here, you are going to be rewarded. I think Inglis are to be applauded The $575,000 Pierro colt out of Pass The Parcel on the buying bench they have assembled." Inglis General Manager Bloodstock Sales and Marketing By Bren O=Brien Sebastian Hutch said the past two days had proven very positive The Australian yearling market continues to thrive with the for both vendors and buyers. Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale setting new benchmarks for "I think it's fair to say we are very pleased with how the past average and median in Book 1, propelled by a strong middle couple of days have played out, but we are always looking to market with the top lot on Day 2, a Pierro colt, selling to First identify ways in which the process can be improved and try to Light Racing for $575,000. establish further competitive advantage for the sale," he said. "In the context of the work we have done and the context and At A Glance the horses and everything else, I think it=s played out really $ Blue Gum Farm toasted a third top vendor title in the well." past six years, selling three of the top six lots including the top two on the second day and amassing $4.505 Love at First Light million in total sales The Pierro colt went to First Light Racing, who went as high as $ Newhaven Park finished the leading vendor on average, they ever have for a yearling, buying in partnership with with four lots sold at an average of $230,000 Busuttin Racing and bloodstock agent Paul Willetts. $ Snitzel finished the leading sire on average as $381,250, The colt is a half-brother stakes-placed Express Pass while Territories (Ire) was the leading first-season sire at an average of $223,333. Pierro was the highest on (Wandjina), and the winner Wrapsody (Hinchinbrook) out of aggregate, with 11 sold for a total of $1.71 million. Pass The Parcel (More Than Ready {USA}), who herself is a $ Ciaron Maher Racing was the biggest buyer in Book 1, half-sister to two stakes performers in Prix Du Sang (Red purchasing 12 horses and spending $2.08 million Ransom {USA}) and Happy Hussy (Hussonet {USA}). $ Book 1 average rose to a new height of $129,162 up Also featuring on the page is G1 Randwick Guineas winner from $115,850 12 months ago Kementari (Lonhro) and G1 Golden Shaheen winner Sterling City $ Book 1 median also rose to $110,000 from $90,000 in (Nadeem). 2019 "I'm still shaking a little bit to be honest. When we first looked $ The gross for Book 1 was $47,402,000, up from at him, we only looked at him for about 60 seconds, me and Paul $45,867,500 Willetts. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

AWe looked at each other straight away and we whispered "He was a really good mover who had a bit of presence about 'this is the best colt we have seen all year'," First Light Racing's him and every time I saw him he just seemed to be doing the Bloodstock Manager Ashleigh Dowley said. AWe=ve worked right things. I=m not sure who the competition was, but pretty tightly in the past 48 hours putting a group of owners hopefully they are good judges and hopefully we will come out together to buy him. We=ve had wonderful support and we are of it looking like we=ve got the right horse and I=m pretty very excited. We are blown away by this colt." confident that we have." Key to getting the deal done was Cranbourne training pair Player said a trainer for the colt was yet to be determined. Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, with Young holding strong in the bidding war to prevail. Moroney stops for Snitzel during lunch "He was just an absolute cracker by Pierro, he had a great The top filly of the final day, Lot 376, also went for $400,000 to page and a great physical capability," Campbell said. "He put up trainer Michael Moroney, who prevailed in a bidding duel for with so much here. There were over 200 parades and I believe the daughter of Snitzel out of Group 1 Queensland Oaks winner he was the most inspected horse on the grounds and he came Provocative (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}). up here and still acted like an absolute professional." Offered by Three Bridges Thoroughbreds, she was always destined to be in demand, with Moroney doing the bidding Player goes in for Written Tycoon colt himself during his lunch, as his brother Paul was on a plane to Earlier in the session, it was another Blue Gum colt at the Las Vegas. centre of a strong battle again with International Thoroughbred AI thought there was a lot of residual value in her from a Solutions and Rob Roulston Bloodstock winning the fight for Lot breeders' point of view,@ Moroney said. ABut I love the filly on 313, by Written Tycoon. type, as did Paul. Paul bought the mother as a yearling as well - I was actually meant to train her - but she was just one that got lost in the mix, but we have finally bought one out of her. AIt is a magic cross - Snitzel out of a Zabeel mare. There is a fair bit of Snitzel about her which is a big help, but I just really loved her from when I first saw her." The Snitzel-Zabeel nick has produced more winners (25) than any other cross with the three-time champion Australian stallion, including stakes winners Perast, Lubiton, Time For War and Bavella. It was a great result for Three Bridges Thoroughbreds, who own Provocative in partnership with John Thompson from New Zealand and Gary Johnson from WA. "The first one has gone to Danny O'Brien and the second one has now gone to Mike Moroney, which gives the mare an Lot 313 - Written Tycoon colt excellent start. She has an I Am Invincible colt and is in foal to Exceed and Excel. So she's had four top stallions in a row and is such a sweetheart," Three Bridges' Toby Liston said. Mark Player was doing the bidding, and secured the chestnut colt, who is the first foal from Group 3 winner Miss Promiscuity Ricky gets Invincible (Magnus), from the extended family of stakes-winners Amtrak Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu was determined to get a son of I (Flying Spur) and Furio (Testa Rossa) and was bred by Robert Am invincible and got what he came for, buying Lot 402 for Crabtree. $375,000. "Written Tycoon is very good stallion and the mare was a very The colt, offered by first-time consignors Longwood good racemare who was trained early on by Peter Moody. I Thoroughbred Farm, is a half-brother to stakes-winners Eloping thought he stood out here amongst a very good draft of horses (Choisir) and Of The Brave (Starspangledbanner). at the sale," Player said. "He was a first foal so he was a very "He was really athletic. He's a nice individual. I always wanted neat colt and reminded me of a Capitalist type of colt, to train a horse by I Am Invincible. The purpose of buying him is short-coupled, very athletic, terrific walk and very strong to race him in Hong Kong," Yiu said. "He looks really athletic to chestnut colour. me. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 3 MARCH 2020

AHe's a nice individual, with nice head and walk very balanced and is in good proportions and is my cup of tea. I am always looking for sprinter-milers, they are suitable horses for Hong Kong." Longwood Thoroughbred Farm's Michael Christian, who bred the colt, was happy with his strong result. "He was a lovely colt and he goes to one of the best trainers in Hong Kong, so we will have to watch him on the TV screens," he said. "There was a bit of interest from Asia in the colt. Ricky is obviously a fantastic trainer and he's going to give the colt every possible chance to do his thing, which is great."

Exceed intel gets McDonald a filly Late in the day, Clinton McDonald utilised some advice from Exceed And Excel's former trainer Tim Martin before paying $350,000 for a filly by the Darley stallion out of Swaane (Charge Forward). "We just thought she was a lovely filly, had good movement and we liked the family," McDonald said, "We thought she was a really good filly and we are glad we got her." "She looks like she=ll get up and go early. Timmy Martin used to train Exceed And Excel, so he really liked her and fitted the bill. He knows the stallion well and what type of horse he was and saw the similarity." It was a positive result for Esker Lodge's Darren Dance, who sold five horses at an impressive average of $226,000. "She's a quality filly from the day she was born, she came out as a lovely filly. I've been pretty happy to see Exceed And Excel doing so well of late. We've got the mare at home in foal to Russian Revolution, so she's going to be a very good mare for us." "We=re delighted to get that sort of result. It=s just outstanding and makes the whole game worthwhile."

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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020

GET STORMY CONTINUES TO OP/ED: CLENBUTEROL--IT HAS TO BE STOPPED, AND NOW By Mark Casse REWARD BUSH, SULLIVAN Clenbuterol is the most abused drug in our industry. For anyone who does not know what Clenbuterol is, please read this: a synthetic drug used in the treatment of asthma and respiratory diseases and also in veterinary obstetrics. It also promotes the growth of muscle and has been used illegally by athletes to enhance performance. This drug is banned by every major sporting body in the world. The Olympic Committee banned it more than 20 years ago, yet it is alive and well in the Thoroughbred industry. The mind-boggling thing to me is that with all the trouble we have in our industry with breakdowns, nothing has ever been brought up about the use and impact of this drug. When the drug first came out, it was used for respiratory issues, but of course a few smart men and women discovered that when it was given in higher dosages, sometimes 10 to 20 times the described amount, it has similar effects of an anabolic Tom Bush in winner=s circle with Getmotherarose | Coglianese steroid. Cont. p5 by Jessica Martini IN TDN EUROPE TODAY IT’S FRANKEL FOR SKITTER SCATTER’S FIRST MATING Nearly a decade ago, Get Stormy (Stormy Atlantic) took Amy Lynam chats with Anthony Rogers about the matings plans longtime breeder Mary Sullivan and trainer Tom Bush on a for his Airlie Stud broodmares. winner=s circle tour of the country, winning three Grade I races Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. and earning over $1.6 million. The 14-year-old stallion is still rewarding the owner/trainer team, most recently with his daughter Getmotherarose=s victory in the GIII Honey Fox S. at Gulfstream Park Saturday (video). AWe were obviously thrilled that the filly was able to step up and win a Grade III,@ Bush said Monday morning. AShe=s made steady progress for us ever since she was a 2-year-old, but she=s always been kind of an immature, light filly. She is finally filling out and getting a little bit more muscle to her.@ Getmotherarose, a 4-year-old Sullivan homebred, was making her 14th lifetime start Saturday and was stretching out to a mile for the first time in her career following a fourth-place effort in the 7 1/2-furlong South Beach S. at Gulfstream Jan. 25. AWe were ready to stretch her out and she kind of adopted the same style that she had sprinting,@ Bush said. ASo we were happy to see that. It was a big thrill for Mrs. Sullivan and for everybody.@

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Get Stormy cont. hard-knocking Grade I-winning millionaire Kiri=s Clown. Getmotherarose isn=t the only Get Stormy competing in stakes AShe=s had a lot of the family for a long time,@ Bush said. AGet company for Bush and Sullivan at Gulfstream this winter. Get Stormy continues to impact all of us. Phil Hager from Taproot Smokin, a 3-year-old gelding Bloodstock has gone and bought purchased for Sullivan by us two very nice Get Stormys at Taproot Bloodstock for the yearling sales and they=ve $11,000 at the 2018 Fasig- done well, including Get Smokin. Tipton Kentucky Fall sale, We=re on the Get Stormy carried her colors to runner-up bandwagon, there is no doubt efforts in the Jan. 4 about that.@ GIII Kitten=s Joy S. and again in Get Stormy, who stands at the Feb. 1 Dania Beach S. Crestwood Farm, won the 2011 In preparation for the GI Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Mar. 28 Cutler Bay S., Get S. and GI Maker=s Mark Mile, as Smokin worked four furlongs well as the 2012 GI Gulfstream over the Palm Meadows turf Park Turf H. and four additional in :48.60 (35/53) Sunday. graded events. His best runner to AWe passed on [Saturday=s date is superstar filly Got Stormy GIII] Palm Beach S. with him Get Stormy | Sarah Andrew who beat the boys in last year=s because we had two pretty stiff races down here,@ Bush GI Fourstardave H. and was second in the GI TVG Breeders= Cup explained. AHe=ll run on Florida Derby day in the mile race they Mile. He has also been represented by the Sullivan-owned, have there on the undercard.@ Bush-trained Clyde=s Image, second in last year=s GI Maker=s 46 Not only did Sullivan breed Get Stormy, the Florida-based Mile S. breeder also co-bred and co-campaigned his broodmare sire, Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

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AHis best ones have so far been fillies,@ Bush said. AI did have one very nice one, Clyde=s Image, who was second in two Grade Is and he was a gelding. They all have good temperaments. He was a very good horse with a good temperament. He was a little aggressive in the stall, but other than that, he was a nice horse to be around and he loved to train.@ Of Get Stormy=s offspring, Bush continued, AThey are late maturing, like he was. You have got to be patient with them. I=ve felt like that from the get-go. We=ve gotten great support from the McLeans at Crestwood. They=ve treated Mary wonderfully and they are doing a great job with the horse, but his offspring are a little bit immature and his yearlings haven=t presented themselves quite as well as we=d like. But we still think there is a chance for that to improve, too, because he is getting a better group of mares now.@ Sullivan hit a home run in the sales ring last fall when selling an Empire Maker colt for $775,000 to SF Racing/Starlight Racing/ Madaket at the Keeneland September sale. But she is predominantly what seems to be the fast-diminishing breed-to- race breeder. AI=m very fortunate,@ Bush said of Sullivan. AWe=ve had a nice relationship for over 10 years. She=s great to train for because she has patience and there isn=t anything she wouldn=t do to help a horse. She=s always looking out for the best interest of the horse and those are the easiest kind of people to train for.@ He continued, AShe has about eight in training now and that=s usually around her limit. But we have six babies in the pipeline this year, so we will have to see how they sort out.@ As for where Getmotherarose might start next, Bush said, AI haven=t sat down to look at it. I wanted to get by this experiment of stretching her out. We seem to be having some success there now. I have to sit down and map it out for the summer, but she=s really come on for us here since November. We=re pretty excited about her.@

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Op/Ed cont. from p1 I believe very strongly in something and here it is: it is a proven There have been many studies done on Clenbuterol over the fact that Clenbuterol causes increased muscle mass and that in last 20 years. Findings include itself could cause more stress to our the following: increases athletes, but when you add the fact muscle mass; improves that it causes bone loss, that endurance and stamina, doubles the risk to soundness. Is boosts energy levels. And muscle mass/bone loss a recipe for here are some of the side disaster or what, I ask you? effects: bone loss (click for Now a short lesson on how this study), bone micro- drug is being used and abused, but architecture altered (click for still falling under the rules of racing. study) and irregular First, let me point out that the heartbeat. rules and withdrawal times vary About a year ago I read a from state to state and Canada. study showing that an intact That in and of itself is very horse has almost a three- frustrating and is why I signed on to times greater chance of a be a supporter of the Integrity bill fatal breakdown than a Coady photo currently making its way through gelding, filly or mare. I was the Congress. surprised by how big a discrepancy there was, but not shocked. Here is how it works: a trainer will claim a horse, buy or For years I have gelded colts, not because of their manners, but receive a horse from another trainer and this new trainer will because of how massive they become as they get older. It has instantly put this new horse on a high dosage of Clenbuterol. always been my belief that geldings stay sounder longer because After less than two weeks, this horse will start having more a gelding does not carry the muscle mass of a colt. muscle mass, his lung capacity will increase, his stamina and TEMPLE CITY The industry's best racehorse sire under $10,000.

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$7,500 S&N TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020 endurance levels will also increase. This treatment will go on for another two to four weeks. Then comes the withdrawal time, which as I said previously, varies depending on where the horse is racing. I am disappointed to say that a place that is very dear to me, Woodbine in Canada, has a withdrawal time of seven days, which I find to be totally unacceptable and leads to unimaginable form reversals on a weekly basis. I must say that it is not Woodbine's fault or the CEO Jim Lawson's, but more the governmental agencies that have not found it fit to change. A claimed runner's new trainer runs his bigger, stronger horse, and guess what? It runs a Beyer number that is 10, 15 maybe 20 points higher than it did for the previous trainer. The other big surprise is that he or she has not broken any rules because he or she has met the withdrawal times. Then right after the race, the horse will go back on Clenbuterol or the horse will start going into depression and melting away. There have been many thoughts and discussions why horses do not run as often as they used to, and you can see by the process being employed by the Clenbuterol trainers, a horse can only run every six weeks to two months. The problem with this system is the trainers and owners that do not want to subject their horses to this type of treatment compete at a huge disadvantage. We have a similar issue with our horse sales, where Clenbuterol is being used to increase muscle mass in weanlings, yearlings and 2-year-olds. I commend the recent move by Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland and OBS in the last few months to ban the drug completely in juveniles being sold. I now am begging those same companies to ban it in any horse no matter the age. I cannot tell you how many times I have bought a yearling or a 2-year-old, brought them home, and watched them wilt away to nothing. It is very sad and disheartening. Owners, if you are receiving extremely high vet bills each month, you are more than likely paying for Clenbuterol. Hint: it may not show up on your bill in that name, but I promise you, you are paying for it. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

Op/Ed cont. I urge all involved in Thoroughbred racing and sales to please unite and ban this drug before it is too late.

RITVO LEAVING THE STRONACH GROUP

Tim Ritvo, right, with Billy Badgett and Belinda Stronach at Gulfstream Park | Gonzalo Anteliz

Tim Ritvo, who has served The Stronach Group in a variety of executive capacities since 2011, is leaving his role as chief operating officer of the company effective immediately, according to a release issued Monday afternoon. The company has no immediate plans to fill his position, the release said. "I am honored to have been part of The Stronach Group and am proud of the accomplishments that we have made for the industry across our racing and training programs," Ritvo said. "As a former jockey, passionate fan and life-long horseman, I am grateful to have been a part of the team. I have learned so much and want to thank everyone that I have worked with over the years for their support. I look forward to the next chapter in my professional career." Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

A former jockey, Ritvo joined the Florida HBPA before being hired by The Stronach Group in 2011. For many years the face of the company at its portfolio of holdings, Ritvo focused his energies on Santa Anita, arriving in May 2017, to tackle some of that track=s unique issues in terms of its infrastructure and racing operations after playing a key role in positioning Gulfstream for profitability and growth. He also played an integral part in building the profile and success of some of the company=s key events, including the GI Preakness S. and the Pegasus World Cup. During his time in California, Santa Anita endured a spate of equine deaths, which forced the cancellation of racing in order to address the racing surface. Ritvo was also accused of putting pressure on trainers to enter and run their horses during that time, but he rejected those accusations. In late 2019, The Stronach Group announced the hiring of former Breeders= Cup CEO Craig Fravel to assume the same role. Recently, The Stronach Group has rebranded itself as 1/ST Racing. "I want to thank Tim for his 24/7, day-in and day-out commitment to our company and our sport and for the invaluable contributions he has made to the repositioning and profitability of our business,@ said Belinda Stronach, chairman and president of The Stronach Group. AI wish Tim success and we look forward to continuing our positive and productive relationship together. "I have tremendous confidence in our 1/ST Racing Team, led by Craig Fravel, and their ongoing commitment to evolving our racing platform with the highest level of integrity and forward-thinking that will drive our company's growth for the future." Added Fravel: "Over the past decade, Tim has applied his life-long passion and knowledge for the sport to our company's core racing operations functions and has positioned 1/ST Racing for continued growth. Tim's contributions will be leveraged by 1/ST Racing as we continue to set a new competitive standard in Thoroughbred racing that puts horse and rider safety at the forefront."

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THE TDN DERBY TOP 12 FOR MARCH 3 KEESEP bay will get his second sophomore test in the form of the GII San Felipe S. at Santa Anita. This long-striding son of Pioneerof the Nile reportedly wasn=t fully cranked workout-wise when he unleashed a power-under-pressure performance to win the Feb. 1 GIII Robert B. Lewis S., and both of his stakes scores to date were admirably similar from a tactical standpoint. On both occasions, Thousand Words put away a speedy pacemaker, then had plenty left in reserve to flick away fresh challenges from closers late in the lane. It=s getting increasingly tough to gauge the West Coast sophomore scene though, so it=s legitimate to question the quality of competition this colt has been roughing up. Thousand Words only had to beat three rivals in the GII Los Alamitos Futurity and five in the Lewis, and none of the also-rans from any of his races are currently ranked as Top 12 prospects. The San Felipe should be a touch tougher, with stablemate Authentic (Into Mischief) and juvenile champ Thousand Words working at Santa Anita | Horsephotos Storm the Court (Court Vision) among expected entrants. by T.D. Thornton 2) TIZ THE LAW (c, Constitution--Tizfiz, by Tiznow) Only one points-based GI Kentucky Derby prep last weekend, O-Sackatoga Stable. B-Twin Creeks Farm (NY). T-Barclay but it did produce a reshuffling of the ranks. This coming Tagg. Sales History: $110,000 yrl >18 FTNAUG. Lifetime Saturday=s triple-header of qualifying points races at Santa Anita, Record: GISW, 4-3-0-1, $498,900. Aqueduct and Tampa Bay Downs annually makes for a bust-out Last Start: 1st GIII Holy Bull S., GP, Feb. 1 weekend, so Top 12 frost heaves are in the forecast. Accomplishments Include: 1st GI Champagne S., 3rd GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., CD, Nov. 30 1) THOUSAND WORDS (c, Pioneerof the Nile--Pomeroys Pistol, Next Start: GI Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 28 by Pomeroy) Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 22. O-Albaugh Family Stables & Spendthrift Farm. B-Hardacre Farm (FL). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $1,000,000 yrl >18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 3-3-0-0, $211,000. It=s now March, and the balance of power within the ranks of Last Start: 1st GIII Robert B. Lewis S., SA, Feb. 1 sophomore elites is solidly centered in Florida. This $110,000 Accomplishments Include: 1st GII Los Alamitos Futurity SARAUG yearling=s stock got boosted significantly Saturday Next Start: GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 7 when Ete Indien (Summer Front), the only horse within 14 1/2 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 20. lengths of ATiz@ in his imposing GIII Holy Bull S. victory, came back to crack the Top 12 with a stylish 97-Beyer wire job in the Barry Berkelhammer 352•804•3000 GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (FOY). This New York-bred is on target for what looks like a deep renewal of the GI Florida Thousand Words has been at the head of affairs since the Top Derby, although DRF.com last week quoted trainer Barclay Tagg 12 debuted Dec. 31, and Saturday this undefeated $1-million TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020 as saying that Tiz threw a shoe in a Feb. 10 workout; and Sackatoga managing partner Jack Knowlton told the Blood-Horse that the colt subsequently missed training because of a Aminor foot bruise.@ Tiz was able to go for long jogs in the interim though, and he returned to the Palm Meadows worktab Monday with a half-mile breeze in :50 flat (8/20).

3) GOUVERNEUR MORRIS (c, Constitution--Addison Run, by Unbridled=s Song) >TDN Rising Star= O-Team Valor International & WinStar Farm LLC. B-Machmer Hall, Carrie & Craig Brogden & James F. Miller (KY); T-Todd Pletcher. Sales History: $200,000 yrl >18 KEESEP; $600,000 2yo >19 FTFMAR. Lifetime Record: GISP, 3-2-1-0, $161,500. Last Start: 1st Alw/OC, TAM, Feb. 14 Next Start: Uncommitted Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 4. CO-BRED, FOALED AND RAISED AT MACHMER HALL EQB yearling purchase • www.EQB.com

Gouverneur Morris | Christina Bossinakis

>TDN Rising Star= Gouverneur Morris might look a little out of place way up here in the number three spot, but the gamble on him is based on future potential rather than what he=s shown on paper so far. Last month, this Constitution gray ($200,000 at KEESEP; $600,000 at FTFMAR) debuted on this list at number seven with a better-than-it-looks Tampa allowance win (two hundredths of a second off the 1 mile, 40 yards track record), his first start in more than four months. Since then, one horse ranked ahead of him has been declared off the Derby trail, another ran last as the FOY favorite, and two others who have yet to start in 2020 are on conservative comeback paths with no firm next-race plans. All of that resulted in the AGuv@ leapfrogging them all. Cont. p11 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

TDN Derby Top 12 cont. threat. If the owner/trainer tandem of John Oxley/Mark Casse This athletic-framed colt can be a touch quirky in training and can get this $775,000 KEESEP RNA into the first leg of the Triple needed assertive handling to get his act together on the far turn Crown in sharp shape, this colt=s grind-all-day closing style and of his 88-Beyer Tampa race, but he has some nice finishing stamina-centric pedigree (by Tapit out of a MGSW Dixie Union ability, and was also nimble enough to debut as a nine-length mare) will be tough to leave off any tickets at 10 furlongs. sprint winner in the Spa slop last year. Jockey John Velazquez Enforceable was a stout-closing second behind a has been aboard for both of this colt=s wins, and he made it a loose-on-the-lead winner in the stronger division of the GII Risen point to be at Palm Beach Downs Saturday morning for the Star S. Feb. 15, and he was just hitting his best stride while Guv=s :49.50 in-company half-mile breeze (9/21). closing six wide into a final three-eighths clocked in :37.58 (a full 1.08 seconds faster than the second division). 4) ENFORCEABLE (c, Tapit--Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union) O-John Oxley. B-Clearsky Farm (KY). T-Mark Casse. Sales History: 5) SILVER PROSPECTOR (c, Declaration of War--Tap Softly, by $775,000 RNA yrl >18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW & GISP, Tapit) O-Ed & Susie Orr; B-Hargus & Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern 7-2-1-2, $267,150. Farm LLC (KY); T-Steve Asmussen. Sales History: $50,000 yrl >18 Last Start: 2nd GII Risen Star S. Div. 1, FG, Feb. 15 KEESEP; $190,000 2yo >19 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: MGSW 8-3- Accomplishments Include: 1st GIII Lecomte S., FG, Jan. 18; 3rd GI 0-2, $713,051. Claiborne Breeders= Futurity, KEE, Oct. 5 Last Start: 1st GIII Southwest S., OP, Feb. 17 Next Start: GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 21 Accomplishments Include: 1st GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., CD, Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 33. Nov. 30. Next start: Possible for GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 14 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 21. Provided he earns the qualifying points, Enforceable isn=t one of those horses who has to win the GII Louisiana Derby in flashy fashion to roll into Louisville as a credible Kentucky Derby Cont. p12 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

TDN Derby Top 12 cont. 7) NADAL (c, Blame-- Ascending Angel, by Pulpit) Silver Prospector is an overachieving sort who=s quietly >TDN Rising Star= O-George Bolton, Arthur Hoyeau, Barry building a solid (eight races) base of experience. He=s never Lipman & Mark Mathieson. B-Sierra Farm (KY); T-Bob started favored, but has now sandwiched a pair of two-turn Baffert. Sales History: $65,000 yrl >18 KEESEP; $700,000 graded stakes wins around a subpar fourth-place performance 2yo >19 FTFMAR. Lifetime Record: GSW, 2-2-0-0, $153,000. that had an excuse. His long-drive score in the Churchill slop in Last Start: 1st GII San Vicente S., SA, Feb. 9 the Nov. 30 GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. looks much more legit Next Start: GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 14 now that Tiz the Law and Enforceable have subsequently won Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0. graded stakes. And that clunker of a fourth on opening day at Oaklawn can be explained away by this Declaration of War colt >TDN Rising Star= Nadal is currently the only Top 12 contender trying to close into a strong speed bias. But Silver Prospector=s without a start around two turns (and 10 of the remaining 11 97-Beyer rebound in the Feb. 17 GIII Southwest S. was the have already won a route race). That lack of distance experience high-torque corker that could represent a transformative will change when this brawny winner of the GII San Vicente S. moment for this $50,000 KEESEP to $190,000 OBSAPR pinhook. ships to Oaklawn next week for the Rebel, a stakes that won=t He showed he could handle being hemmed in along the rail, come up as an easy spot. This physically imposing Blame bay made his own breaks by punching through in tight quarters off ($65,000 KEESEP; $700,000 FTFMAR) has won at 6 1/2 and the turn, then opened up under a measured drive to win by a seven furlongs, but his maiden debut earned a higher Beyer (98) length. The GII Rebel S. Mar. 14 could be next. That race than his stakes win (91), so it=s unclear what we should expect annually represents the point of delineation between the next out, numbers-wise. Baffert has invaded from Santa Anita to junior-varsity and varsity Derby hopefuls that race in the win six of the previous 11 Rebels. But he has also saddled the Oaklawn preps. beaten favorite in each of the last four editions, including a pair of odds-on defeats in split divisions of last year=s Rebel. 6) MAXFIELD (c, Street Sense--Velvety, by Bernardini) O/B-Godolphin LLC (KY). T-Brendan Walsh. Lifetime Record: GISW, 2-2-0-0, $354,412. Last Start: 1st GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity, KEE, Oct. 5 Next Start: Uncommitted. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10. The connections of Maxfield--who loomed as one of the favorites for the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile last year before he scratched the week of the race and then had ankle chip surgery- -are one or two more workouts away from deciding whether this Street Sense homebred merits a shot at Derby consideration. AWe have to see with him because it=ll be a question of, >Do we take a shot at one of the Derby trials if he=s doing real good or just try to find something a little softer for him off the layoff,=@ trainer Brendan Walsh said. AI don=t know if we=d throw him to the wolves off the layoff in something like Nadal | Benoit the Florida Derby. That=s probably unlikely ... The other thing would be to come back maybe somewhere around Keeneland and run him in the [GI] Preakness S. ... It doesn=t matter where 8) AUTHENTIC (c, Into Mischief--Flawless, by Mr. Greeley) he comes back, he=s going to be a good horse this year. It=s just a O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Fred question about what the timing allows us to do. We=d all love to Hertrich III, John D. Fielding & Golconda Stables. B-Peter E. Blum win the Derby, but on the same point I=m not going to sacrifice a Thoroughbreds LLC (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $350,000 horse like him just for it.@ yrl >18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW, 2-2-0-0, $91,200. Last Start: 1st GIII Sham S., SA, Jan. 4 Next Start: Likely for GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 7 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

TDN Derby Top 12 cont. Last Start: 1st GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S., GP, Feb. 29 Accomplishments Include: 2nd GIII Holy Bull S., GP, Feb. 1 Authentic looms as the Aother@ Bob Baffert trainee likely to be Next Start: Likely for GI Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 28 entered for Saturday=s San Felipe S., which makes him Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 54. dangerous from a pari-mutuel standpoint as an alternative to top-ranked stablemate Thousand Words. This two-for-two, $350,000 KEESEP yearling bulleted six furlongs in 1:12.80 (1/5) at Santa Anita Monday in preparation for his first start since a 7 Favorites have now lost 12 of the last 14 runnings of the FOY, 3/4-length pummeling of the GIII Sham S. field back on Jan. 4. and bettors seemed to smoke out Ete Indien=s wire job on The focus on Authentic will center on his ability to overcome the Saturday, drilling him to 3-1 second choice. Gulfstream=s quirky greenness and headstrong habits he exhibited while soaring solo configuration for 1 1/16-mile dirt races--with the start close to through the stretch in the light-on-competition Sham. the first turn and the finish at the sixteenth pole--tilts the advantage to early gunners, and this Summer Front colt was 9) STRUCTOR (c, Palace Malice--Miss Always Ready, by More sent immediately to the lead from his outside gate. He settled Than Ready) comfortably on the rail for the backstretch run while cranking O-Jeff Drown & Don Rachel. B-Three Chimneys Farm (KY). out legit splits, and was in command by four lengths cornering T-Chad Brown. Sales History: $160,000 yrl >18 KEESEP; $850,000 for home with the remainder of the pack under futile drives to 2yo >19 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: GISW, 3-3-0-0, $709,500. close the gap. It didn=t hurt that the heavy favorite, Dennis= Last Start: 1st GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf, SA, Nov. 1 Moment (Tiznow), never threatened and ran last. This Accomplishments Include: 1st GIII Pilgrim S., BEL, Sept. 28 three-time auction prospect ($85,000 KEENOV RNA, $80,000 Next Start: Uncommitted KEESEP, i240,000 ARQMAY) earned a 97 Beyer for his effort. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0. Ete Indien is a streamlined, high-energy colt who was on his toes Consigned by GAINESWAY in the paddock and in pre-race warm-ups (ears jammed with cotton to keep from reacting to noise), and he can expect a far stiffer challenge if he starts next in the Florida Derby. It=s getting too deep into the Derby season to be carrying unraced horses like Structor so high up in the rankings, so he slipped several spots this week from number three after his connections passed on a possible start in the FOY because of an undisclosed setback. Structor is now without a published workout since Feb. 17. This $160,000 KEESEP and $850,000 OBSMAR pinhook capped an undefeated 2-year-old season with a mature, capable win in the 2019 GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf, and his breeding (Palace Malice out of a More Than Ready mare) suggests a turf-to-dirt transition is well within his scope. Structor might very well turn out to be one of the better sophomores when he resurfaces, but the purpose of this list is to rank the chances of Derby contenders. The clock is ticking for this colt, with zero qualifying points and two months to go until the first Saturday in May. Ete Indien | Ryan Thompson 11) SOLE VOLANTE (g, Karakontie {Jpn}--Light Blow, by 10) ETE INDIEN (c, Summer Front--East India, by Mizzen Mast) Kingmambo) O-Linda Shanahan, Sanford Bacon, Dream With Me Stable, Inc., O-Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Andie Biancone & Limelight Horse France America, D P Racing LLC & Patrick L. Biancone Stables Corp. B-Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY). T-Patrick Racing LLC. B-Robert B. Tillyer & Eric Buckley (KY). T-Patrick Biancone. Sales History: $6,000 yrl >18 KEESEP; $20,000 2yo >19 Biancone. Sales History: $85,000 RNA wnl >17 KEENOV; $80,000 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: GSW, 4-3-0-1, $196,310. yrl >18 KEESEP; i240,000 2yo >19 ARQMAY. Lifetime Record: Last Start: 1st GIII Sam F. Davis S., TAM, Feb. 8 GSW, 5-3-1-0, $333,156. Accomplishments Include: 1st Pulpit S., GP, Nov. 30 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

Sole Volante cont. Basin (Liam=s Map): Aired in GI Hopeful S. at Spa last season Next Start: GII Tampa Bay Derby, TAM, Mar. 7 then was sidelined with a right hind ankle problem. He=s now on Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10. target for a return in the Mar. 14 Rebel S.

Along with stablemate Ete Indien above, this $6,000 KEESEP to Chance It (Currency Swap): Scratched from FOY after drawing $20,000 OBSAPR Karakonite (Jpn) pinhook gives trainer Patrick the outside post, new focus is Saturday=s Tampa Derby. Biancone an intriguing duo of top-level Derby prospects who each made their first two starts on the turf. Sole Volante ran a Charlatan (Speightstown): The 105 sprint Beyer earned by this 90-Beyer third in the one-turn-mile Mucho Macho Man S. at >TDN Rising Star= is tops for any 3-year-old so far in 2020. Gulfstream Jan. 4 in his dirt debut, then steamrolled to a 96-Beyer cudgeling of a decent GIII Sam F. Davis S. crew at Country Grammer (Tonalist): Not an overt Derby threat, but Tampa Feb. 8. Sole Volante will get a new jockey, Florent tuck him away as a later-developing Classics contender, possibly Geroux, for Saturday=s GII Tampa Bay Derby. Luca Panici, following in the GI Belmont S.-winning hoofprints of his sire. Got previously the regular rider for both Ete Indien and Sole Volante, pinballed at break off layoff in FOY, but was humming along suffered a broken collarbone in a fall at Gulfstream Feb. 21. seven wide in short-stretch finish. A better-than-looks fifth.

12) THREE TECHNIQUE (c, Mr Speaker--Nite in Rome, by Dennis= Moment (Tiznow): This >TDN Rising Star= was never in it Harlan=s Holiday) to win it as the beaten fave in the FOY. His last-place finish has a >TDN Rising Star= O-August Dawn Farm. B-Omega Farm too-bad-to-be-true aura to it, but there was no obvious excuse. LLC & Bally Breeders (KY). T-Jeremiah Englehart. Sales History: $50,000 wnl >17 KEENOV; $180,000 yrl >18 Edge of Fire (Curlin): This Ontario-bred >TDN Rising Star,= FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: SP, 5-2-3-0, $154,750. previously ranked No. 12, is being aimed for a late March Last Start: 2nd Smarty Jones S., OP, Jan. 24 allowance try at Gulfstream. His connections have indicated that Next Start: GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 14 even the June 27 Queen=s Plate is not a likely target, so we=ll Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 4. assume the Kentucky Derby is not in the mix either. Interesting one to watch, though.

Eight Rings (Empire Maker): Best guess here is that he >TDN Rising Star= Three Technique ran a sneaky-sharp second resurfaces off Breeders= Cup layoff in Oaklawn=s Rebel S. All in the Jan. 24 Smarty Jones S., and that race looks stronger in seven other horses from the Juvenile have now run back. They retrospect now that fourth-place finisher Silver Prospect are a collective 2-for-12. rebounded to win the Southwest S. with a hefty 97 Beyer. Both Silver Prospector and Three Technique tried in vain to close into Honor A.P. (Honor Code): Likely to make 2020 debut in the teeth of a stern speed bias that day (Oaklawn=s nine-race Saturday=s San Felipe S. coming off October mile MSW win. opening-day card featured five wire-to-wire winners and two pace-pressing winners), and it=s notable that this Mr Speaker Independence Hall (Constitution): Has sights set on what is colt ($50,000 KEENOV and $180,000 FTKJUL) galloped out longer shaping up as toughest Florida Derby in years. But that gaudy and stronger than the winner. Trainer Jeremiah Englehart told 101 Beyer earned in Nashua S. romp is proving to be a difficult the Oaklawn press office last week that a rider for Three badge of accomplishment to carry around. Technique Ais up in the air@ because Irad Ortiz, Jr., who rode this colt in his last two starts, has committed to a horse for Bob Modernist (Uncle Mo): Could be a pace presence with Fair Baffert in the Rebel. The jockey=s brother, Jose Ortiz, rode Three Grounds advantage if he remains on target for the Louisiana Technique in his first three career starts, but he=s sidelined with Derby. a broken wrist. Storm the Court (Court Vision): Two-year-old champ looks to On the Bubble: (in alphabetical order) regroup in Saturday=s San Felipe S. and will partner with a new rider, Joel Rosario. Anneau d=Or (Medaglia d=Oro): Beaten fave in slower division of Risen Star will re-aim for GI Santa Anita Derby. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

HALL OF FAME FINALISTS ANNOUNCED REPORT: BAXTER SUSPENDED 25 DAYS Florida-based trainer Georgina Baxter has been suspended 25 days and hit with a $7,500 fine after three of her horses tested positive for two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, according to a report in the Daily Racing Form. The suspension began Feb. 24 and will run through Mar. 19. According to documents from the state=s racing regulatory agency, the Florida Division of Business and Professional Regulations, 10-year-old Trev (Exclusive Quality), 11-year-old Blings Express (Too Much Bling) and 6-year-old Fallen Leaf (A.P. Warrior) were found to have excessive amounts of the anti- inflammatories flunixin and phenylbutazone in their post-race samples from recent starts. The penalties were violations of the Astacking@ variety, wherein horses are not allowed to have more than one NSAID in their system at once. DRF reported that Baxter has been fined Wise Dan | Eclipse Sportswire for similar stacking infractions in the past, and that if she has a Six racehorses, four trainers, and one jockey make up the 11 similar violation in the next year, she will receive a 60-day finalists to be included on the National Museum of Racing=s suspension. 2020 Hall of Fame ballot. The list, released Monday, includes Baxter, a former exercise rider who took over much of trainer racehorses Blind Luck, Game On Dude (first year of eligibility), Ralph Ziadie=s business after he was denied a training license in Havre de Grace, Kona Gold, Rags to Riches, and Wise Dan (first 2018, won 47 of 160 races in 2019 for a hit rate of 29% and year of eligibility); trainers Mark Casse, Christophe Clement, earnings of nearly $1.4 million. She started 2020 with eight wins Doug O'Neill, and David Whiteley; and jockey Corey Nakatani. in 26 starts and $234,750 in earnings before her suspension, and The finalists were selected by the Hall of Fame's Nominating her top clients include Averill Racing, Silver Oak Stable, CCF Committee from a total of 91 initial candidates suggested by turf Racing Stable and Matties Racing Stable. She recently saddled journalists, Thoroughbred industry participants, and racing fans. 7-year-old Faction Cat (Wildcat Heir) to a course-record setting Chaired by Edward L. Bowen, the committee is comprised of performance in winning the Turf Dash S. Feb. 22 at Tampa. Bowen, Steven Crist, Tom Durkin, Bob Ehalt, Tracy Gantz, Teresa Genaro, Jane Goldstein, Steve Haskin, Jay Hovdey, Tom Law, Neil Milbert, Jay Privman, John Sparkman, Michael Veitch, John von Stade, and Charlotte Weber. Hall of Fame voters may select as many or as few candidates as they believe are worthy of induction to the Hall of Fame. All candidates that receive 50% plus one vote of the voting panel will be elected to the Hall of Fame. All of the finalists were required to receive support from two-thirds of the Nominating Committee to qualify for the ballot. INDIANA THOROUGHBRED PROGRAM EYES Hall of Fame ballots were mailed Monday and results of the GROWTH OF $2.4M voting on the contemporary candidates will be announced May Owing to the introduction of table games at the state=s 6. That announcement will also include this year's selections by racinos, the Indiana Thoroughbred Breed Development (ITBD) the Museum's Historic Review and Pillars of the Turf Advisory Committee has been able to put together a racing committees. program that will reward more breeders with additional races The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at the and more money. Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs Aug. 7 at 10:30 Thanks to breed development and track contributions, the a.m. The ceremony will be open to the public and is free to 2020 program will be valued at over $17.4 million, an attend. improvement of $2.4 million--or nearly 14%--over last year=s program. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 16 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

AThe 2020 program is a work in progress as we find ourselves Gary Palmisano will represent the club=s interest and serve as in a position of estimating table games revenue this first year,@ a liaison for the club=s members. Benefits include regular e-mail explains Jessica Barnes, Director of Racing and Breed updates on the horse, visits to the track in the early Development for the IHRC. AThe Thoroughbred Breed morningsBand breakfast on select days--to watch the horse Development Committee intends to hold monthly meetings train, trips to the paddock, watching the race in a group setting during the 2020 race meet to monitor this activity. As we and hopefully experiencing the thrill of visiting the Woodford receive more information regarding the adjusted gross receipts Reserve Winners= Circle. Each member will receive free general for table games, we may go back to the IHRC with additional admission for two to Churchill Downs in 2020, and invitations to improvements.@ exclusive Churchill Downs Racing Club events at the track. The 2020 program includes: Interested parties are invited to register online at www.ChurchillDowns.com/RacingClub. $ The addition of two Indiana Signature Stakes races for Indiana-sired horses, each worth $150,000, bring the total number of restricted stakes to 28 for a total of $3.1 million in prize money. $ Breeders= awards payable to the second- and third-place finishers, excepting horse entered for $10,000 claiming and lower $ An 8% increase for Indiana-bred overnight races (purses for Indiana-sired raced will be run for an additional 12%) $ An increase in the total of restricted overnight races to be run, including the addition of mid-level races for sired horses. A total of 110 Indiana-sired and 194 Indiana-bred (both -bred and -sired horses are eligible to race in >bred= races) overnight races are scheduled to be contested, for a total of 304, an increase from 297 ran during the 2019 meet.

The 2020 program is set to pay $5,094,660 in awards, an increase of more than $1.7 million over the nearly $3.4 million paid in 2019. A cap of $10,000 to an individual breeder has been added for 2020 ($15,000 for the aforementioned $150,000 Indiana Signature Stakes). FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 1, 2020 AWhether you are wanting to invest as an owner, breeder or NORTH AMERICAN-BASED STALLIONS stallion owner, this lucrative program provides great incentives for all participants,@ says Bruce Murphy, Chairman of the Indiana Thoroughbred Breed Development Advisory Committee. AWe are excited for the growth it offers.@ Click here for additional information.

OPPORTUNITIES STILL AVAILABLE IN CHURCHILL RACING CLUB Spots are still available for owners in two new Churchill Downs Racing Club horses. Trainers Brad Cox and Tommy Drury will pick out and train an unraced 2-year-old for each of the new groups. Established in 2016, the club gives 400 people (200 per club) a low-cost pathway to introduce and experience the enjoyment of Thoroughbred racehorse ownership for the one-time membership dues of $500. Dominus=s Parsimony wins the Curlin S. in Dubai | Erica Rasmussen TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 17 OF 17 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

Sires With New SWs cont.

Sire (Sire=s Sire) #SWs #GSWs DOMINUS (Smart Strike) 6 ---- (ParsimonyBListed Curlin S.) STANDING AT SPENDTHRIFT FARM $ CLICK HERE FOR MORE NOMINATE A MARE $ EMAIL MARK TOOTHAKER GET STORMY (Stormy Atlantic) 8 5 (GetmotheraroseBGIII Honey Fox S.) KANTHAROS (Lion Heart) 23 6 (With VerveBHutcheson S.) KITTEN=S JOY (El Prado {Ire}) 97 47 (CrossfirehurricaneBWoodford Reserve Patton S.) SUMMER FRONT (War Front) 3 2 (Ete IndienBGII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S.)

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Leading Worldwide General Sires for worldwide stallions through Sunday, Mar. 1 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2020 fees.

Rank Stallion BTW* BTH* GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Deep Impact (Jpn) 6 20 6 17 -- 1 285 58 713,598 10,494,236 (2002) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2008 Crops: 11 Stands: Shadai JPN (Dead/Ret/Exp) Sound Chiara (JPN) 2 New Year's Day ------54 10 10,000,000 10,268,290 (2011) by Street Cry (Ire) FYR: 2015 Crops: 4 Stands: Shadai JPN Fee: -3,000,000 Maximum Security 3 Heart's Cry (Jpn) -- 5 -- 4 -- -- 242 41 373,634 5,024,060 (2001) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2008 Crops: 11 Stands: Shadai Jpn Fee: -10,000,000 Lord Regalis (JPN) 4 Dubawi (Ire) 4 10 4 9 -- -- 96 24 2,420,000 4,508,350 (2002) by Dubai Millennium (GB) FYR: 2007 Crops: 12 Stands: Dalham HallEng Fee: ,250,000 Benbatl (GB) 5 Midnight Lute 3 6 2 2 -- -- 93 24 3,500,000 4,453,300 (2003) by Real Quiet FYR: 2010 Crops: 9 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $15,000 Midnight Bisou 6 Gold Allure (Jpn) 1 4 -- 2 -- 1 212 40 600,000 4,239,025 (1999) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2005 Crops: 13 Stands: Shadai JPN (Dead/Ret/Exp) Gold Dream (JPN) 7 Frankel (GB) 3 6 2 5 1 1 53 10 1,500,000 4,008,765 (2008) by Galileo (Ire) FYR: 2014 Crops: 5 Stands: Banstead Manor Eng Fee: ,175,000 Call The Wind (GB) 8 Tapit 5 12 5 11 -- -- 135 21 1,000,000 3,695,746 (2001) by Pulpit FYR: 2006 Crops: 13 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $200,000 Tacitus 9 Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) 1 3 -- 1 -- -- 231 35 237,645 3,630,743 (2008) by King Kamehameha (Jpn) FYR: 2015 Crops: 4 Stands: Shadai JPN Fee: -20,000,000 Red le Zele (JPN) 10 Mucho Macho Man 1 2 1 2 1 1 39 12 3,162,000 3,527,799 (2008) by Macho Uno FYR: 2016 Crops: 3 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $10,000 Mucho Gusto 11 Orfevre (Jpn) -- 2 -- 2 -- -- 197 45 259,247 3,459,102 (2008) by Stay Gold (Jpn) FYR: 2015 Crops: 4 Stands: Shadai JPN Fee: -3,000,000 Ocea Great (JPN) 12 King Kamehameha (Jpn) 2 2 ------165 23 549,704 3,399,164 (2001) by Kingmambo FYR: 2006 Crops: 13 Stands: Shadai JPN (Dead/Ret/Exp) Chuwa Wizard (JPN) 13 Rulership (Jpn) ------216 41 215,762 3,120,153 (2007) by King Kamehameha (Jpn) FYR: 2014 Crops: 5 Stands: Shadai JPN Fee: -6,000,000 Lilac Color (JPN) 14 Harbinger (GB) 1 2 1 2 -- -- 148 18 575,099 2,815,387 (2006) by Dansili (GB) FYR: 2012 Crops: 7 Stands: Shadai Jpn Fee: -6,000,000 Blast Onepiece (JPN) 15 Medaglia d'Oro 1 5 1 5 -- -- 109 18 1,703,055 2,629,055 (1999) by El Prado (Ire) FYR: 2006 Crops: 13 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $200,000 Golden Sixty (AUS) *Into Mischief is #16 overall, but leads these categories with 10 BTWs and 22 BTHs

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IN ORDER OF PURSE: IN ORDER OF PURSE: TIZNOW S., $100,000, Santa Anita, 3-1, (S), 4yo/up, 1m, 1:36.64, 8th-Santa Anita, $56,000, (S), Msw, 3-1, 3yo/up, 5 1/2fT, ft. 1:03.84, fm. 1--FASHIONABLY FAST, 120, g, 5, Lucky Pulpit--Fall Fashion (SW A MAN'S MAN (g, 4, Mucho Macho Man--Longing, by City Zip), & GSP, $106,995), by Forestry. O-Harris Farms, Inc., Per fifth on debut Dec. 8 at Los Alamitos, improved two spots over Antonsen & John A. Nicoletti; B-Harris Farms (CA); T-Dean the local main track Jan. 5 before completing the exacta in his Pederson; J-Tiago Josue Pereira. $60,000. Lifetime Record: course-and-distance turf debut Jan. 31. Off as the even-money 16-7-3-2, $449,745. favorite here, the chestnut broke a half-step slowly before 2--Oliver, 124, c, 4, Papa Clem--Snobby Princess, by punching through between horses to show the way through a Premiership. ($30,000 Ylg '17 NCAAUG). O-William R. Peeples; :22.80 quarter. Traveling well in hand on the turn, he shook B-Thomas W Bachman (CA); T-Doug F. O'Neill. $20,000. away from his nearest pursuer three sixteenths out and kept 3--Tiger Dad, 120, g, 4, Smiling Tiger--Q T Shae, by Unusual Heat. clear to graduate by 3 1/4 lengths over Brix (Twirling Candy). The O-Mark Devereaux & Scott Gross; B-Mark Devereaux & Scott & first foal out of his unraced dam, he is followed by an unraced Mark Gross (CA); T-Carla Gaines. $12,000. sophomore Decarchy colt named Golden Bliz and a yearling full- Margins: HF, 2 1/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.20, 2.30, 3.80. sister. Longing visited Dads Caps last term. Sales History: Also Ran: Posterize, Ernie Banks. $120,000 Ylg '17 BARSEL. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1, $51,400. Click Fashionably Fast, victorious just once in his first 10 career for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- starts, scored in a Cal-bred optional claimer July 27 at Del Mar to Tipton. kick off a five-race winning streak that included a trio of state- O-Blinkers On Racing Stable, Vince Preszler, Allen Keith, Les bred stakes scores, most recently in the California Cup Sprint S. Wagner, Charles Robin, Robert Georgetti, Mark Kaufman, here Jan. 18. Bidding to make it six in a row and four straight Aloysius Poh, Evelyn, Cahee, Janlois Racing, LLC, Brian Rich, black-type tallies while stretching out to a mile in this Sunday Joseph Hollister & Navroz Rahemtulla; B-Richard Barton feature, the gelding pressed from a close second through splits Enterprises (CA); T-Brian J. Koriner. of :23.28 and :46.66, poked his head in front passing three quarters in 1:11.13 and kicked clear entering the final furlong before holding sway from late-running Oliver to prevail. The winner=s dam, a $22,000 purchase by Harris Farms at Keeneland November in 2013, foaled a filly by Clubhouse Ride last season before being bred to Smiling Tiger. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Sunday=s Results: 3rd-Chukyo, -9,680,000 ($89,601), Maiden, 3yo, 1200m, 1:11, ft. PRIMO D=ARC (f, 3, Bernardini--Wilshewed, by Carson City) led home an American-bred top-three sweep with a dominating performance. Drawn the rail as the 9-10 favorite to improve off a pair of runner-up efforts heretofore, the bay tugged Hideyuki Fujiwara to the front after the opening furlong, took some mild Fashionably Fast (Lucky Pulpit) grinds out his fourth outside pressure on the turn and kicked away nicely in upper straight stakes win in the Tiznow S. Sunday at Santa Anita stretch, galloping home a nine-length winner. Cont. p2 TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 3, 2020

American Nina (Carpe Diem) overtook Kakushin (Malibu Moon) Presidente Remon, 3-1, Maiden, 1000m. B-Arnold Zetcher LLC in the final stages for second. Primo d=Arc is the latest produce & Crestwood Farm (KY). *1ST TIME STARTER. **$9,000 Ylg >18 from her dam, who retired a maiden after fetching $125,000 as KEESEP. VIDEO a Fasig-Tipton Calder 2-year-old from the late Bill Currin in 2001, Swinger, g, 4, Jersey Town--Bourbon Kitty, by Discreet Cat. but has become a broodmare of considerable commercial Presidente Remon, 3-1, Clasico Laffit Pincay Jr., 1200m. appeal. Wilshewed was retained by Currin on a bid of $40,000 B-Golden Girls LLC (KY). *$16,000 Ylg >17 FTKOCT. VIDEO carrying her first foal by Stormy Atlantic at the 2003 Keeneland November Sale and Stormello (GISW, $700,100) got the mare off IN PERU: to a flying start when winning the 2006 GI Hollywood Futurity. Dolce Isa, f, 3, Paynter--Princess Hillary, by Maria=s Mon. Stormello=s full-brother brother My Best Brother (GSW, Monterrico, 3-1, Cond., 2000mT. B-Dr E C Hart (KY). *$1,700 $363,392) took the GII Del Mar Derby in 2012, while Gala Award Ylg >18 KEEJAN. VIDEO (Bernardini, GSW, $258,044)--a $1.55 million KEESEP yearling-- followed suit in the 2014 GIII Palm Beach S. Cherry Lodge (Bernardini, SW & GISP, $322,422), a $450,000 KEESEP grad, was named a >TDN Rising Star= and was runner-up in the 2016 GI Spinaway S. before becoming a black-type winner in her own right, while another full-sibling to Stormello, >Rising Star= Atlantic Voyage, produced 2019 GIII Mazarine S. winner Curlin=s Voyage (Curlin). The aforementioned are also kin to Greatest Game (Giant=s Causeway), GSP, $179,542. Primo d=Arc, who cost $400K at KEESEP and $500K at OBS April (:10 flat), has a 2-year-old Medaglia d=Oro half-sister that was bought back on a bid of $450K at KEESEP last fall. Wilshewed was most recently bred to Runhappy. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $91,667. O-Grand Farm; B Estate of William L Currin (KY); T Hideaki Fujiwara.

Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, MAR. 3 Bayern (Offlee Wild), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $15,000 157 foals of racing age/30 winners/0 black-type winners 4-Sunland, Alw 6f, OLD TRAFFORD, 6-1

Mr Speaker (Pulpit), Lane's End Farm, $10,000 79 foals of racing age/14 winners/0 black-type winners 4-Sunland, Alw 6f, HONDO LANE, 9-2 IN JAPAN: Primo d'Arc, f, 3, Bernardini. See >US-Bred & Sired Winners in Japan. Avance, c, 4, Uncle Mo--Above Heaven, by Mr. Greeley. Chukyo, 3-1, Allowance ($270k), 1900m, 1:58.4. Lifetime Record: 8-3-1-1, $311,204. O/B-Dr Masatake Iida (KY); T Keiji Yoshimura. *$145,000 RNA Ylg >17 FTSAUG; $145,000 RNA 2yo >18 OBSAPR.

IN PANAMA: Gold Quality, c, 3, Oxbow--My Place, by Elusive Quality.

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ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Fantasy Game, g, 3, Boisterous--Moonlight Fantasy, by Malibu Moon. Golden Gate Fields, 3-1, (S), 5 1/2f (AWT), 1:03.58. B-Gary Barber (CA). Power Banker, f, 4, Power Broker--Boffo, by Banker's Gold. Mahoning Valley, 3-2, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:07.80. B-Robert Maro (OH). ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 6th-Parx Racing, $61,220, 3-2, (NW2L), 4yo/up, 1m, 1:43.70, ft. YOU MUST CHILL (g, 4, Winchill--Only Me, by Runaway Groom) Lifetime Record: 12-2-1-4, $81,052. O-Morris E. Kernan, Jr. & M-Z Racing Partnership; B-Mark G. Grier (PA); T-Marcos Zulueta. *$4,500 Ylg '17 EASOCT. **1/2 to Field Pass (Lemon Drop Kid), SW & GSP, $174,650. AFLEET EXPRESS, Olympic Express, g, 4, o/o Olympic Talent, by Where's the Ring. AOC, 3-1, Sunland BELLAMY ROAD, Resurrection Road, f, 4, o/o Mahvelous Dahling, by El Corredor. ALW, 3-2, Mahoning Valley 8th-Parx Racing, $61,220, 3-2, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:18.07, BOISTEROUS, Fantasy Game, g, 3, o/o Moonlight Fantasy, by ft. Malibu Moon. MSW, 3-1, Golden Gate ADMIRAL ABE (g, 4, Midshipman--Precious Penny, by Harlan's LUCKY PULPIT, Fashionably Fast, g, 5, o/o Fall Fashion, by Holiday) Lifetime Record: 10-4-1-0, $115,820. O-Stefcon Racing; Forestry. Tiznow S., 3-1, Santa Anita B-White Diamond Inc. & Five Ring Stables (PA); T-Robert Mosco. MIDSHIPMAN, Admiral Abe, g, 4, o/o Precious Penny, by Harlan's Holiday. ALW, 3-2, Parx Racing 5th-Mahoning Valley, $31,300, (S), 3-2, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, MISREMEMBERED, I Recall, f, 3, o/o Real Distinctive, by With 1:13.74, gd. Distinction. ALW, 3-2, Mahoning Valley I RECALL (f, 3, Misremembered--Real Distinctive, by With MUCHO MACHO MAN, A Man's Man, g, 4, o/o Longing, by City Distinction) Lifetime Record: 7-2-1-1, $48,116. O/B-Lowell F. Zip. MSW, 3-1, Santa Anita Allen & W. John Bourke (OH); T-Richard Zielinski. POWER BROKER, Power Banker, f, 4, o/o Boffo, by Banker's Gold. MSW, 3-2, Mahoning Valley 9th-Sunland, $27,000, (C)/Opt. Clm ($17,500), 3-1, 4yo/up, 1m, POWER BROKER, Pulpit's Purrfect, f, 4, o/o Term Paper, by Dixie 1:37.67, ft. Union. ALW, 3-2, Mahoning Valley OLYMPIC EXPRESS (g, 4, Afleet Express--Olympic Talent, by WINCHILL, You Must Chill, g, 4, o/o Only Me, by Runaway Where's the Ring) Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-0, $92,390. O-Cindy Groom. ALW, 3-2, Parx Racing Evans Perez, Vanessa Evans & Amy Hardy; B-Martin Cherry (KY); T-Justin R. Evans. *$11,000 3yo '19 OBSOPN.

2nd-Mahoning Valley, $24,000, 3-2, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, Follow the TDN staff on Twitter 1:13.22, gd. Thoroughbred Daily News PULPIT'S PURRFECT (f, 4, Power Broker--Term Paper, by Dixie Union) Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-1, $50,205. O-Gerald Silver; @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Jeffrey A. Radosevich. *$2,700 Ylg '17 FTKOCT. @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley 7th-Mahoning Valley, $23,500, 3-2, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, @MKane49 @thorntontd @garykingTDN 1:40.74, my. RESURRECTION ROAD (f, 4, Bellamy Road--Mahvelous Dahling, @SarahKAndrew @CBossTDN @JBiancaTDN by El Corredor) Lifetime Record: 12-2-1-4, $40,415. O-Michael Schlobohm; B-Michael & Dustin Schlobohm (KY); T-Eric R. Reed. *$7,000 RNA Wlg '16 KEENOV.